0 Networking for PE 4 4mo
+6 Long Ridge Equity Partners 1 4mo
0 BX culture across groups 1 4mo
+3 Any information on Metalmark? 3 4mo
+12 CVC Client & Product Solutions: Top-Tier IR Role or Fundraising Grind 3 4mo
0 PC to VC/GE Roadmap 1 4mo
+8 Anyone Else Getting Outbid on Every Deal Lately? 6 4mo
+6 MBB + PE internships to IB - is it possible? 1 5mo
0 Breaking into PE/PC & similar buyside from MM IB 1 5mo
+15 European MF pay in Us (CVC,EQT,Permira,Apax) 33 5mo
+63 Q&A: (if interested) Autistic in PE 29 5mo
+41 Back to IB? 16 5mo
+12 MS Private Equity (Expansion Capital) Info/Culture/Comp/Reputation 7 5mo
0 Canadian Pension PE Ranking 1 5mo
+44 Do people get let go before the end of their programs ? 15 5mo
+29 Reference checks after final round 17 5mo
+4 Bloom Equity Partners? 2 5mo
+18 Anyone here got into PE coming from Real Estate Asset Management – no IB, no consulting? 5 5mo
0 Oncycle 2028 1 5mo
+6 Who owns finance in the first 90 days after a PE acquisition? 4 5mo
+95 Pivoting from PE 41 5mo
+9 AI Infra / Energy Banks and Funds in EMEA 7 5mo
0 How much of your first 90 days post-close gets eaten by reporting / WC true-up? 2 5mo
0 Yucaipa Companies 1 5mo
+37 "VP of Finance at PortCo XYZ" 8 5mo
+1 Modeling Test on Laptop or Desktop? 1 5mo
+6 PE Case Study Examples 8 5mo
+11 CC Capital 3 5mo
0 Lindsay Goldberg FT Analyst 2027 2 5mo
+2 Anyone know if any Boston buyout funds are still looking to fill seats for Summer 2026 / immediate start? 3 5mo
0 BX question 1 5mo
0 BX perks / salary / exit opps 1 5mo
+15 Honest opinions needed about lateraling 11 5mo
+47 On Cycle Results 73 5mo
+9 AI PE startups 3 5mo
+18 Capital Solutions Groups in 2026 18 5mo
+36 Downsides of Growth Equity vs Private Equity? 27 5mo
+19 State of PE BD in 2026 9 5mo
+11 F2 Raises $24M to Scale its LLM-Agnostic AI Operating System for Private Credit 1 5mo
+5 Is PE over saturated? 2 5mo
+18 What are deal team responsibilities of a VP at your firm? 7 5mo
+13 Is it too late for me? (Rising College Junior) 5 5mo
+8 InfraRed Capital Partners 17 5mo
+48 Laid Off from UMM PE — Struggling to Rebound in Brutal Market (London) 9 5mo
+12 If you don't make it to the top: IB or PE 8 5mo
+4 How soon can I quit job once I get PE offer? 3 5mo
0 Sending info to SG partners 1 5mo
+23 LT Career Path after MF PE Associate Program? 7 5mo
0 BCI Fall R1s 2 5mo
+9 Emerging Managers: How Much of Fund I Is Actually About Strategy vs. LP Confidence? 1 5mo
0 PF to Infra/Transport PE 1 5mo
+111 Nothing to do at work & bored to hell 10 5mo
+6 Credit/PE Secondaries 2 5mo
+4 Private Equity Subject Matter Expert – AI Training & Reasoning Systems 1 5mo
0 FT Recruit to PE from IB SA? 1 5mo
+4 Considering PE Exit "Financial Associate" at a well funded startup, $360k comp? 2 5mo
0 KSL Capital Partners - London 0 5mo
+6 On-cycle as Second-year Analyst 7 5mo
+6 L Catterton — Still Extremely Sweaty? 2 5mo
+3 Experience with KKR Capstone? 4 5mo
+9 PE VPs — How many platforms have you completed? 18 5mo
+13 General Atlantic (GA) — Updated views? (2026 recruiting / exits / culture / comp) 17 5mo
+2 MBB to PE asia - Any insights? 3 5mo
+47 Biggest (avoidable) failures in PE Investments? 24 5mo
+8 Thoughts on Ascend Partners 4 5mo
+22 Cerberus in 2025? 14 5mo
+25 Ranking PE Secondaries Firms 20 5mo
0 Flexstone Partners NYC - Work Life Balance 0 5mo
0 LBO models 2 5mo
0 Insight into GHO Capital? 2 5mo
+12 NY LMM PE Recruiting 3 5mo
+1 Is GP Bullhound worth the shot? Other Tech options 3 5mo
+5 Alpine Investors - Thoughts? 26 5mo
+27 Benchmarking MF PE Associate Salaries (2025) 66 5mo
+17 Prepping for PE recruitment 7 5mo
+3 Capital Raising Salaries 1 5mo
0 CVC Secondary Partners Analyst Interview 2 5mo
+1 JPM Exits 4 5mo
+31 Business Development in PE 15 5mo
+6 Growth Equity Model Test 3 5mo
0 NAV Financing Case Study 2 5mo
+3 Partners Group , NAV Lending 2 5mo
0 NAV Finance Models 3 5mo
0 BXCI culture 3 5mo
+3 Blackstone associate interest registration 2028 9 5mo
+3 What tier of bank/group is generally required for at least UMM PE exits? 3 5mo
0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 5mo
0 Gauge Capital Superday & Modeling Test Insights? 0 5mo
+39 Warburg Pincus 2026 FT Analyst 202 5mo
+24 VP at UMM PE fund considering a jump to a fundless sponsor 4 5mo
+9 Altaris Capital Reputation 5 5mo
+7 how did you learn to model? 8 5mo
0 Joining a newer, smaller HF 3 5mo
+37 Comp Decreasing? 10 5mo
+18 “Fringe” EB Placements in PE? 9 5mo
+6 Interviewing with PE Firms for Practice 6 5mo
+25 How common is it to recruit for a different coverage than your IB one? 12 5mo
+9 LMM PE Analysts: Getting roasted for my AI capstone (building a sourcing tool, offering $20 UberEats) 2 5mo
+5 Single Manager vs Tier 1 PE VP seat 3 5mo
+5 Insight Equity Dallas Culture/Compensation 4 5mo

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